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EAHTA

(n.; num.; adj.)
Grammar
EAHTA, ahta, æhta, ehta

eight octo

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He héht eahta mearas on flet teón he commanded eight steeds to be led into the court. Beo. Th. 2075; B. 1035

Linked entries: æhta ahta ehta

húsel-hálgung

(n.)
Grammar
húsel-hálgung, e; f.
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Úre gástlícan lác sind úre gebedu and lofsang and húselhálgung our spiritual gifts are our prayers and praise and attendance at the Eucharist, i. 54, 27

myrre

(n.)
Grammar
myrre, myrra, an; f.

Myrrh

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Myrrh Hí him lác brohton; ðæt wæs gold and récels and myrre, Mt. Kmbl. 2, 11. Seó myrre getácnode ðæt hé wæs deádlíc, Homl. Th. i. 116, 10. Myrra déþ ðæt ðæt deáde flǽsc ne rotaþ, 118, 11. Murre myrra, Ps. Spl. 44, 10.

Linked entry: murre

nǽtan

(v.)
Grammar
nǽtan, p. te

To trample uponcrushsubdue

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Hé sceal weorðan his lífe tó nytte mid dý ðæt hé nǽte his unþeáwas mores pravorum premere, vitae prodesse, Past. 46, 5; Swt. 353, l0. Nǽtendne proterentem, Wrt. Voc. ii. 118, 3 : Ep. Gl. 18 b, 27

ge-wenge

(n.)
Grammar
ge-wenge, es; n.

The cheekmaxilla

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The cheek; maxilla And ðam ðe ðé slihþ on ðín gewenge et qui to percutit in maxillam, Lk. Bos. 6, 29; and to him that schal smyte thee on o cheke, Wyc.

ge-mangian

(v.)
Grammar
ge-mangian, p. ode; pp. od
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To traffic, trade; nĕgōtiāri Ðæt he wiste hú mycel gehwilc gemangode ut scīret quantum quisque nĕgōtiātus esset, Lk. Bos. 19, 15.

Linked entry: mangian

scip

(n.)
Grammar
scip, es; m.
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A. and Lind.) ne hylpþ ðam ealdan, Lk. Skt. 5, 36: Mt. Kmbl. 9, 16. Scyp (also scep, MS. A.: later MSS. scep, scyp) assumentum, Mk. Skt. 2, 21

Linked entries: scyp é-sceapa ǽ-sceap

þeáw-líc

(adj.)
Grammar
þeáw-líc, adj.
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Wé willaþ secgan hú ðás lác tó ús belimpaþ æfter ðeáwlícum andgite, Homl. Th. i. 116, 33: ii. 110, 26: 210, 27: Wulfst. 234, 10

þegen-wer

(n.)
Grammar
þegen-wer, es; m.
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Gif weofodþén be bóca tǽcinge his ágen líf rihtlíce fadige, ðonne sí hé fulles þegnweres and weorðscipes wurðe, ix. 28; Th. i. 346, 18. Cf. Mǽsseþegnes and woruldþegnes wergyld is .ii. þúsend þrymsa, L. Wg. 5; Th. i. 186, l0

Linked entry: wer

þrym-setl

(n.)
Grammar
þrym-setl, es; n.

A throne

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Homl. l01, 29. Throni sind þrymsetl, Homl. Th. i. 342, 34. Gé sitton ofer þrymsetl ( thronos ) démende twelf mǽgða Israhél, Lk. Skt. 22, 30: Blickl. Homl. 31, 8

and-sæc

(n.)
Grammar
and-sæc, n.
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Berst se teám swá wel swá hé sylf andsæc worhte . . . á bið andsæc swíðere þonne onsagu, Ll. Th. i. 290, 15-17. Ne beó hé nánes andsæces wyrðe he shall not be entitled to make denial, 288, 9. Þone þe tó nánan andsæce ne mæge, 228, 14.

á-hwergen

(adv.)
Grammar
á-hwergen, -hwærne, -wyrn, ó-wern; adv.
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-hwænne, v. l.) wer oððe wíf þás þing ábrecað si aliquando vir vel mulier has res violaverit, Ll. Th. ii. 190, 7. Ne hýrde ic guman áwyrn ǽnigne ǽr ǽfre bringan sélran láre, Men. 101.

cyssan

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Ǽlc þára manna þe óðerne swíðe lufað, hine lyst bet cyssan ðonne óðerne on bær líc, þonne þér þǽr cláðas betweóna beóð, Shrn. 185, 31. Sylle heom eallum cyssan bóc, Ll. Th. i. 226, 25. Cyssende handa osculans manus, Angl. xiii. 416, 730. Add

dirne-geligere

(n.)
Grammar
dirne-geligere, es; n.
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Adultery, fornication Druncennes and dyrnegeligere, Dóm L. 30, 43. Diernegeligres (diernes gelíres, v. l. ) scyldig, Past. 142, 2. Dyrnegeligres leahtor fornicationis crimen, Ll. Th. ii. 152, 21. Wíf fornumen in dernegiligro ( adulterio ), Jn.

fird-tiber

(n.)
Grammar
fird-tiber, (?), es; n.
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hostia, properly speaking army-sacrifice [the glosser might have had the idea which is expressed in the following passage: Dysne yrming (Mars) wurðodon þá hǽþenan, and swá oft swá hý fyrdedon oððe tó gefeohte woldon, þonne offrodon hý heora lác tó weorðunge

Linked entry: fyrd-tiber

for-wandian

(v.)
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Th. 15, 17. to hesitate from fear to do something (with a negative clause) Sume seóce menn forwandigað ꝥ hý nellað geþafian ꝥ hí man smyrige on heora untrumnysse, Ll. Th. ii. 354, 14. Ne forwandede (fore-, An.

ge-leccan

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Dele last passage, and add: to moisten, irrigate land Geleht eorðe inrigata terra, Scint. 50, 14.

ge-bodian

(v.)
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. — Gehealde man hine .xxx. nihta, and hine his mǽgum gebodie (cf. hine his freóndum gecýðe, 16) and his frióndum, Ll. Th. i. 90, 8. Gehealden hí hine .xxx. nihta, and hié hine his mǽgum gebodien (gebeóden, v. l. ), 64, 19

godcundlíce

(adv.)
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Hé wæs godcundlíce ( diuinitus ) gefultumod, 4, 24; Sch. 482, 2. in respect to religion or to the church, ecclesiastically Ne sín ealle circan ná gelícre mǽðe worldlíce wyrðe, þeáh hí godcundlíce habban hálgunge gelíce, Ll. Th. i. 340, 27: 360, 17

hláford-scipe

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Þá munecas ǽfre hefdan þone hláfordscipe ofer ðá preóstas, Chr. 870; P. 284, ll. Add